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Robe Names VGL Chilean Distributor

SANTIAGO, Chile — Robe named VGL Integración de Sistemas,  based here, as its new distributor for Chile. VGL, founded 21 years ago, already represents several well-known brands including Grass Valley, Telestream, Rohde & Schwarz and L-Acoustics. Pictured here is VGL’s technical staff in Santiago.

2014 Metro FM Awards Lit with Robe Fixtures

DURBAN, South Africa — The 2014 Metro FM Awards, which served as a celebration of 20 years of democracy while also bestowing 19 awards recognizing excellence in the urban genre of music, Johannesburg based Dream Sets provided a lighting design that included Robe fixtures in the rig. The event was staged at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre here in March, and along with the 19 Awards, it included eight live performers. It was broadcast live on the South African Broadcasting Corporations’ SABC 1 TV channel.

DWR Distribution, Robe’s South African distributor, provided bright, energy-efficient LEDWash 600s for a lighting system upgrade at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in Pretoria, South Africa. Photos by Barbara van den Berg

TUT’s Breytenbach Theatre Adds Robe LED Fixtures

PRETORIA, South Africa  — DWR Distribution, Robe’s South African distributor, provided bright, energy-efficient LEDWash 600s for a lighting system upgrade at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) here. The fixtures impressed those looking after the lighting system at the school’s Breytenbach Theatre, a.k.a. “The Breytie.”

LD Rene Johve's design for The Song of Estonia competition, whose winner represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest, used more 80 Robe moving lights, including 32 Robin Pointes

Estonian TV Song Competition Lit with Robe Fixtures

TALLINN, Estonia – LD Rene Johve’s design for The Song of Estonia competition, whose winner represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest, used more 80 Robe moving lights, including 32 Robin Pointes. The Pointes were used to create the core look and feel of most of the major lighting scenes in conjunction with the set lighting. 

Robe distributor Controllux provided 38 Pointes, 30 MMX WashBeams, 24 LEDWash 300s, eight LEDWash 600s, eight 600E Spots, four DLXs and 30 ClubScan 250s for Versuz in Belgium

Belgium Nightclub Installs Big Robe Rig

HASSELT, Belgium — For the new 3,000-capacity location for Versuz, a nightclub that draws revelers from Belgium, The Netherlands and beyond with resident DJ Laurent Wery, Robe distributor Controllux provided 38 Pointes, 30 MMX WashBeams, 24 LEDWash 300s, eight LEDWash 600s, eight 600E Spots, four DLXs and 30 ClubScan 250s. Most of them are in the main room, one of three spaces at the club, which features 11 meters (36 feet) of headroom.

White Lies Tours U.K. with Gear from Colour Sound Experiment

White Lies Tours U.K. with Gear from Colour Sound Experiment

BIRMINGHAM — White Lies toured U.K. venues in December with support from Colour Sound Experiment, which provided custom truss from James Thomas Engineering and Robe and Clay Paky gear. In addition to Robe CycFX 8 fixtures, MMX Spots, LEDWash 1200/300s and Clay Paky Sharpys, the visual design paired Colour Sound’s BT18 LED screen panels with Robe Media Spinners.

The Christmas Metal Symphony 2013 European tour was lit with Robe LED Wash moving lights.

Christmas Metal Symphony Tour Lit with Robe Fixtures

BALINGEN Germany — The Christmas Metal Symphony 2013 European tour, which made its way through Sweden, the Czech Republic and Germany, featured a lighting design by LD Nick van Balen. The rig centered on Robe LED Wash moving lights, including 44 LEDWash 300s and 12 LEDWash 600s.

a 70-minute set for a special New Year’s Eve VIP Party that MGM Grand staged for high-rolling guests Dec. 31. Photo by Carrie Fedewa/Amazing Industries.

Robe Rocks New Year in Las Vegas with Fleetwood Mac, Maroon 5

LAS VEGAS — Fleetwood Mac and Maroon 5 were among the standout acts on hand in Las Vegas to help ring in the New Year. VER provided Robe fixtures for both gigs, at the MGM Grand Casino and Mandalay Bay Resort Events Center, respectively, including Robin Pointes, LEDWash 1200s and LEDWash 600s. Fleetwood Mac performed its regular touring show Dec. 30 and a 70-minute set for a special New Year’s Eve VIP Party that MGM Grand staged for high-rolling guests Dec. 31.

Phantogram Tours North America with Robe LEDBeam 100s

Phantogram Tours North America with Robe LEDBeam 100s

NEW YORK — For Phantogram’s recent tour of 800-to-1,500-capacity venues in the U.S. and Canada, LD Ed Warren provided a lighting rig that included eight Robe LEDBeam 100s. The compact fixtures were chosen in part for their compact size, as all tour elements had to fit within a trailer towed behind the tour bus. Solotech provided the gear.

LDs Stefano Limone and Gianfranco Saponaro included 12 Robe Robin Pointes and eight LEDWash 600s in their design at the Teatro Franco Parenti, one of the larger venues at the new Elita Ouverture Festival, a multi-site EDM and electronic arts festival held in Milan, Italy in Sept. 2013

Milan EDM Festival Included Robe Pointes, LEDWash 600s

MILAN, Italy — LDs Stefano Limone and Gianfranco Saponaro included 12 Robe Robin Pointes and eight LEDWash 600s in their design at the Teatro Franco Parenti, one of the larger venues at the new Elita Ouverture Festival, a multi-site EDM and electronic arts festival held here in Sept. 2013.